Click Read More to see excerpt of Adrian Ramsay's conference speech on the NHS and Caroline's special appeal to Lib Dems:Adrian Ramsay: "Did the Lib Dems really believe the Tories when they promised nomajor changes to the NHS? Do they really think they've achieved muchwith a fresh consultation and tweaks to the plans?

Make no mistake, the Tory-LibDem proposals threaten the foundingprinciples of our National Health Service and they do this by shiftingmore responsibility and delivery of healthcare out of public hands.

The Secretary of State for Health would no longer have to guaranteehealth services are provided across the country - he would only haveto 'promote' universal coverage.

But what does 'promote' actually mean? A government billboard saying''Tesco dentists, coming here soon; every filling helps''. TheGovernment's plan is one where private companies provide servicescommissioned by GPs, paid for by taxpayers. But the British MedicalAssociation is clear: most GPs want to focus on treating patients notcommissioning. Most doctors aren't interested in an internal marketcompeting for sickness contracts, they believe in the NHS as aco-operative of caring professionals, pulling together.

This spirit was eroded by successive Tory and Labour governments ashospitals became trusts bidding against one another. Suddenly a cleverway to make a hip operation cheaper became a commercial advantage toguard, not an innovation to share. As private businesses get involvedcooperation suffers. Fundamentally, businesses care about profit notpeople, about wealth and not health.

They'll bid for the services that are easiest to run or squeeze moneyfrom - not expensive care which is hard to deliver. What's left of theNHS will be starved of the money private companies cream off.

Why don't other parties ever learn that farming things out to theprivate sector doesn't save money but does compromise quality?

We saw it when Labour promoted PFI for hospitals and schools, theGreen Party warned that this would compromise quality. We said itwould put us in debt to private companies for decades - and a recentreport by the Treasury Select Committee agreed.

But a few MPs realising is not enough, we need them all to learn thelessons of past failures: NHS privatisation is a bad deal for thepatient and a bad deal for the taxpayer. It does matter who deliversyour care - not just what it costs.

We have a clear message for the Government: We're proud of the NHS. Westill believe in healthcare free at the point of delivery. We stillbelieve in healthcare based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Wehaven't stopped believing in healthcare to meet the needs of everyone,and we reject NHS privatisation.

With so many crucial public services being axed across the country,it's hard to foresee the extent of the devastation, but it's clear whowill suffer most - the elderly, low-income families, carers, refugees,disabled people.

When David Cameron says we should ‘do more with less?' - does hereally mean we should ‘do less for those with least'?

If we don't stand up for the vulnerable, society as a whole loses out.

She told supporters of the junior coalition party who were "beginningto despair of the path their leadership has taken them down" thattheir contribution to politics is "more valuable than ever".

Addressing her party's autumn conference, which is being held inSheffield, Ms Lucas said she had a "special message" for Lib Dems.

"If you became involved in politics to serve your local community, toprotect the environment, or to challenge inequality, then join us,"she said.

"We are working for the same ends. You'll find many former Lib Demsamong our ranks. And your contribution to politics in our country ismore valuable than ever."

Ms Lucas also criticised the "growing influence of big business" inGovernment, claiming Whitehall departments are using secondees frombig business to advise ministers and help manage public services afteraxing highly paid consultants.

She added: "There are now so many that the Government has to admitthat it can't count them all.

"It can't say even which companies they come from or what they're doing.

"Now there are very few businesses who will lend their top employeesto Government for nothing.

"No, they expect something in return - influence, access, the insidetrack on the next fat contract. How typically Tory. What looks like areform turns out to be making the situation even worse."

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing."Arundhati Roy

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